Nancy H (she/they)

@sweetpeppah.bsky.social

Canadian in New England. Nature nerd. Hiker, hockey player, outdoor adventurer. Stepmom (not evil!). Computer engineer & tech writer.

New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

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'There Will Come Soft Rains' tells of the final day of an automated house carrying on the routines for long dead tenants, in a short story within Ray Bradbury's 'The Martian Chronicles'. The date mentioned in the cheerful morning announcement by the house robotic voice is today, August 4, 2026.

I loved Owl as a kid.. My Nana got it for me and then as i got older I got Scientific American and eventually the MIT Tech Review(which I think my dad still receives and reads❤️)

Tod Maffin 🇨🇦@todmaffin.com · 5d ago

In less than 24 hours, more than 3600 people have visited the "Give Owl Magazine to a Disadvantaged Canadian Child" campaign at owl.todmaffin.com If everyone who visited bought the subscription (it's NOT recurring), that's equal to 50% of the entire elementary school population of Nunavut ❤️

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I loved Owl as a kid.. My Nana got it for me and then as i got older I got Scientific American and eventually the MIT Tech Review(which I think my dad still receives and reads❤️)

Tod Maffin 🇨🇦@todmaffin.com · 5d ago

In less than 24 hours, more than 3600 people have visited the "Give Owl Magazine to a Disadvantaged Canadian Child" campaign at owl.todmaffin.com If everyone who visited bought the subscription (it's NOT recurring), that's equal to 50% of the entire elementary school population of Nunavut ❤️

Click Analytics table showing unique clicks: All 3,686

Rest well. Know that you are loved, appreciated & respected. Even if its just a stranger on the internet you dont even know and have never met. If you needed this, then this measage is for you. If you didn’t need this, same. Be well and be kind to yourself no matter how hard, friend. Take care ❤️👍🏾

Thirsty Weasels stop by for a quick sip, paw wash & face splash... There are 2 weasels coming to drink at the moment - a smaller younger animal & a more adult mustelid. I've never seen them drink before... but the environment is so dry. Still loads of voles & mice around the #weedypond. #mustelids